Had plenty of companies coming round offering this service. All fine until they see my loft hatch is so small, you can't even poke your head through. To get it done, I'd have to have a bigger hatch installed.

Had it done when I was unemployed. It was offered to us. Had loft and cavity walls done. Totally free, no problems. It made a difference to the whole house. The gas and electricity consumption was/is definitely down. If you qualify for free, get it done.

Feck that - a mate had his loft done and now it is practically out of use because what they did is to spray loose fibre insulation stuff all over the place and he could not see the joists and therefore is unable to walk on them - his stuff is still downstairs and in the garage because of that - he wishes that he did not order it even for free - he tried to complain but it is all in the small print so beware of this!!

Get it done, well worth it, got ours done through Tesco- sub contract company called Kershaws did ours didn't cost a penny got them back for cavity wall 4 weeks later same deal although because of square metreage of house was over limit by 8sq mtres we had to pay £5.00 psm total £40.00 abs bargain of l

Feck that - a mate had his loft done and now it is practically out of use because what they did is to spray loose fibre insulation stuff all over the place and he could not see the joists and therefore is unable to walk on them - his stuff is still downstairs and in the garage because of that - he wishes that he did not order it even for free - he tried to complain but it is all in the small print so beware of this!!

I double up my joists and boarded over a section of my loft to form a platform where I can stick the suit cases and Xmas decorations. 270mm thick insulation through out the loft, not a joist to be seen. I know no one sticks to this but a loft usually is not designed for storage. To much weight and you end up with cracked ceilings.

British Gas did my loft and walls last winter for nothing. The upstairs rads are now near redundant.

I thought that with the cavity wall insulation, they drill holes all over your outside walls, meaning you then have a load of holes, some high up to fill & paint ? Am I wrong ?

Yep. Holes everywhere. I needed to repaint my house anyway.They fill them but not good enough to leave unprepared.My neighbour had his done, his being a plain brick house, fared better. They drilled through the mortar and then plugged with a good matching mortar.

A fella knocked at my door the other week trying to tell me I could get my loft insultated for free.

He looked a bit "iffy" and it felt like a scam so I told him to fuck off. Maybe I was a tad harsh?

To be honest i did the same. Mainly because when he told it was a government requirement and when i asked him about charges (because he didn't say it was free) he looked confused and he couldn't give me anything to read to confirm what he was saying. Maybe i will look into this more now.